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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
An Eighteen Hours Waltz.
Philadelphia Times,

Some years ago an energetic New
York dancing master capped a fierce
competitive climax by waltzing eighteen
successive hours without a moments
rest. A prominent rival had waltzed
twelve hours a few days previous to that
and Professor Cartier. for he it was. felt
his laurels to be in danger and went to
work to ''beat the record. All the food
he consumed during that time was taken
while he was in motion, and even the
changes of partners We're ell ected
without the losing of step. When
the orchestra gave out the professor
moved gracefully along, without music of
any kind for time. except his own low
whistling. Naturally all who Were in
terested in dancing affairs carefully read
the account and marveied when at the
end of that time the professor said he
was not tired. Yet he probably spoke
the truth. The old fashioned glide. which
he danced and which is now i'm favor
again. is the easiest known dancing
movement A good WALTER can move
in it to good music as easily as
a man can walk. If his partner he
equally skilled and light of feet.
they derive more or less support
from each other i'm turning; and this in
itself is a rest. Bat the most impor-
tant rest in motion is not received in
this manner. 1t comes in fact from al
lowing the heel tn touch the floor Just
for a second in each step before the rev.
oiution is made. or while the dancers
are taking the backward or forward
move. insignificant as the act seems in
itself and brief as is the time i'm which
it is to he accomplished. the easy dan
Ger can waltz by the hour with its aid If
he takes the precaution of securing a
good partner and starts with his liI,s
tightly closed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26

A few months ago the Times Union
asserted that General Bentley, his Off
Gals and his road were .'abhorred'' in all
the towns reached by the line of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Rail
way. The business men of Palatka
signed a protest and denial of this state
ment and we furnished a REPUTATION of
the further statement that certain Off
GERS of that road owned no property in
this State, etc. The Times Union re-
fused to correct its assertions when bet
ter informed by the people of Palatka,
Seville and Sanford and now tries to
change the ground of disagreement.
Thus does the liar continue to lie.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
ANOTHER Old SALT VIEWS.

across the ocean. and that to handle il a
man needs pluck. cool Judgment, expe-
rience and some muscle.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
A VOICE FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

Jefferson Davis Gives Reasons Why the
Flags should Not be Returned.
Col. PhOcion Howard. of Danville,
ILL.,, has received the following letter
from Mr.. Davis:
BEAUvoIR, Mss, June 20.
Col. Phocion Howard, Danviile, Ill.
DEAR SIR-In answer to your letter of
request by the Danville Farmers and
Mechanics Institute that / should deliv-
er an address at its fair l reply as L did
last year: Some years ago L delivered
an address at the WinnebagO County
Fair. and was received with great cOur-
tesy. There | was among friends. for
my memory went back to the months of
June, July and August, 1892. when as a
lieutenant upon the staff of Col. Zacha-
riah Taylor, l was stationed at Prairie
du Chen. or Fort Crawford, as it was
then known, and during the memorial
and historicBlack Hawk war it was my
good fortune to help in protecting the
pioneer settlers of that country, whose
descendants l spoke to at Rockford.
cannot come to Illinois this year.
Thanking the association through
you, L have only to say, as l said last
September in an open letter to Col j. Il.
Scharf, of Baltimore, that | deny the
charges made against ME by Gen. VIM.
T. Sherman. i'm which he says l was
foremost in encouraging the late war. l
say to you, my dear Colonel, that l did
all in my power to prevent the late war,
and that L never looked for nor aspired t.
To the post of Chi.f or Executive of the
Confederate States.
NAV say that the order of the War
Department to return the captured flag
To the late Confederate States was n VIC
lation of all known military precedents.
You will find i'm my history of the late
war that there were but twenty-six regi-
ments of regular troops in the army OF
the North. and of the total of $50 Con
federate flags captured it is questionable
if these twenty-six regiments captured
fifty. The flags We're captured 10y the
volunteer army of the North and belong
to the several States, and have no right
to be i'm the national capital. Respect
fully yours, JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26

elimination against the Palatka mer-
chant.
Therefore the Florida Southern by its
nesr tdriG puts Palatka as distributing
point ON a level with her rival and gives
us a chance for building up wholesale
business so far as its power extends. Let
us increase that power by all possible
means as long as the will to work for us
and its own interest holds good.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
THE DAILY NEWS

THE DAILY NEWS In published every morn
ing. except Monday, and delivered by carriers
In the city, mailed, postage free, S2 for three
mOntbs, ~ for six months - per annum.
7EWEEKLY NEWS Is a large four-page 81
column paper, published every Friday, con-
tanning all the news of the week. local and
general. 1t Is he largest and handsomest
weekly paper published in Florida; and will be
mailed. postage free, for 81 year, or 80 cents
for slx months Specimen CORES free to any
address,
Local advertisements. 20 cents per line for
hrst insertion, and 10 cents per line for each
additional Insertion Special notices, 10 cents
per line. Reduced rates continued adver-
tisemeufs.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every MONTH Special and short-time payable
inN1vance.
All remittances should be made by express,
money-ortier or registered letter.
Address, THE NEWS.
PALATKA FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
Misplaced sympathy
New York worit

Speaking of the young Napoleon of
Finance, MIR. f. L. Harper, who wrecked
the Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati, the
Commercial Gazette says that latter a
desperate struggle, not lacking displays
of remarkable capacity in affairs, he has
been beaten and is down." We are
told apo.ogetically that Harper is only
thirty-six years of age. and that ''if he
had not enjoyed startling successes he
would not have plunged SO profoundly
into difficulty in daring adventure" We
are also called upon to remember that
this bank wrecker and for ger was gener
Gus i'm his prosperity and that he wa
overcome by temptation.
The tendency to apologize for men who
betray their trusts is quite common. IT.
often happens that the gentlemen who
appropriate other peoples money are
liberal and dashing. They are great bust
ness men, But they are rascals. never
theless. If we are to have a standard Of
commercial honesty we must teach men
that business must be conducted On le-
Ultimate principles; that the man who
uses public funds intrusted to him is n
thief; that the banker who speculates
with the deposits of his confiding GUS
toners is a scoundrel whose place is in
the penitentiary. 1t is necessary that the
business code should be memorable, 9TH
erwise the disposition on the part of
Young Napoleons to yield to temptation
will be increased.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26

ANOTHER OLD SALTS VIEWS
s. ID. Croker learned the ways of the
cat-bnat on the coast of Maine. and has
traversed all the intervening waters time
and again. He said:
lin the cat boat the dangers of anna
teur navigation are reduced 10 mimi
mum. | would trust the man who
didn't know the mainsheet from the keel
tn take boat out i'm moderate weather.
How do sail cat-boat. Why, as all
other men do. L suppose. There Is very
lutte difference of method. When l am
seated at the tiller l usually have the
sheet made fast, and SD do not have to
keep my hand on it. l can thus put
one hand on the tiller and let the other
rest. There il one modification OF my
own. however, which call fishing L
sit up on the windward rail of the boat,
considerably forward, holding the nller
by means of a rope made fast at my
side with a half-turn round the tilier
and the loose end in my hand. The mo-
tons go through then in steering are
much the same as if 1 had line thrown
out for fishing, hence the name of the
device. One of the most interesting
features of cat-bOat sailing is the tricks
YOU can play on adversaries by clever
work, such as blanketing or driving in
shore. To blanket you have to he in
slower boat than your adversary and
simply let him get in front Of you; then
turn about SD that you can cut off his
wind. He cannot stir unless he goes
considerably out of his course But it
takes no little skill i'm sailing to do this
successfully. In driving in shore .wo
boats are making long tack, each. enc
aiming to go close to the shore before
coming about. Now the sailor of the
boat that is slightly to the windward of
the other may maintain that position
steadily by careful management and the
rival will be unable to come about, be
cause that would cause a collision or put
her out OF het course, and eventually if
the scheming sailor can get his rival
close to the land by point where a cape
juts out into the water a little way
ahead, he can come about and go off on
the other tack, while his rival, to avoid
going aground, will have to go a long
way out and so fall behind.
lone of the dangers of cat boat sailing
is the action of the center-board in heavy
seas. The center-bOard may catch in the
top of a sea and toppie the boat over in
to the trough. But this would happen
seldom and a cat-bOat should be little
used in heavy weather"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
We are again enabled to lay before our

We are again enabled to lay before our
readers some of the observations of DIR.
Shaffranek. As one of the most emf
nent botanists in the United States, his
experiments have a scientific value and
their results an authoritative weight,
but i'm these letters he treats of matters
which come practically home to each of
US. The Doctor is still shut up by the
use of the highway for railroad pur-
poses. and the visitor now must leave
his horse in the woods and walk through
devious paths to his door, but he thinks
all the same and his philosophy some
times fails as he realizes the loss and in
convenience to which he is condemned
by the claws DELAYS"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
PALATKA. FLA, JUNE 20. 1887.

A Philadelphia baker used chromate
of lead on his buns to make them look
pretty and compensate for saving in
eggs. At last accounts eleven of his
customers had died and new cases Of
lead poisoning were still turning up in
the neighborhood. His victims gener-
ally attributed their illness to malaria.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26

A Bethlehem fruit-grower claims to
have successfully grated a peach shoot
on a sassafras tree, and a new fruit Of
high flavor is expected. II this discov-
cry should be confirmed, il will be a
boon TIC large area in the Southern
States. where the soil seems to produce
sassafras in great abundance.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
MEDICAL.

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keepers. and over-worked women generally,
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Price 100, or SIX bOtt1es for $500.
A large treatise on Diseases OF Women. pro
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Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
Association, 6SS Main Street. Buffalo. ". Y.
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DIR. Pierce's Pellets &c. vial,
by druggists.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26

Chicago is about 1 200 miles from Pa
latka. Palatka is So miles from Jack
sonville. The Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West Railway absorbs One-serenth
instead of One-tI,ird of the freight tariff
between us and Chicago. Nashville is
800 miles from us. The Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West absorbs one fourth
OF the freight between those two points
for passage over So miles of roadway
These figures are worthy the attention
of our Board of Trade, and we make
them by way of correction of former
statement for which Gen. Bentley ode
mands a full retraction," therefore we
give his rates.
1 3 q IL ID Il
Chicago to
Jaek'svillesI.35 La 100 81 % So 40 81 "A
Jack'svile
to Paatka - % Is Is II 10 10 CO Il
Total. S1.57 13i LIS I.Gs So 81 80 ~ Sc
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-27
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

GOOD FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
To-day the State Convention of
the New York United Labor Party
takes place, and there will probably
be a stormy time between the Social
lists and the Georgcltes; but we do
not doubt for II moment that the
machine politicians will gain their
point
This will not in ure the Labor
movement. On the contrary, the
sooner these battles occur and the
more acute their elimination, the
better. 1t is impossible to prevent
the ingress of unclean elements into
the party, and the separation of the
machine politicians from the consci-
entous and progressive elements will
only be accomplished after heavy
battles which perhaps in the begin
ming may apparently seem to make
the machine politicians victorious.
Ultimately, however, this cleaning
process will prove favorable to Fro
gress.
1t is interesting to read what the
J0HrHat says concerning the battle
with the Socialists:
"A bitter fight will be fought between
the Georgeites and the Socialists. As Il
matter of fact this contest will be the
most important event of the convention,
and its result will determine the strength
of the party to a great extent. Logically
the Socialists belong to the movement
and have right to seats in the conN en-
ton. The movement alleged to he in
the interest of the workers rs class. is
aimed against the existing order, against
the wage ystem. against the land laws,
etc. Therefore the Socialists belong
logically tn the movement. But Henry
George. for reasons best known to him
self, disputes this. He has begun a war
on the Socialists and Influenced the gem
eral committee tn bar them ont. This
will weaken the Labor Party, and indi-
Gates that the movement has no further
object than the gloriiication of Henry
George"
We don't know what moved the
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-27
S. L. P.
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SECTIONS,

Boston, MAss.-0rganizer, II. W. Brown, Kirk,
land street.
BmDGEroRr, Constructing at Excelsior IIar.
monte Hall. Organizer, $. Seller, 5aS Main
street
BUFFALO, N. Meetings, first and third sun
days IN each month, at III West Eagle street
Organizer, Geo. NJ. Price 49, Front avenue.
CALDWELL TEXAS Organizer, John Melloskey.
CINCGNNATt HIo.-Organizer, Charles Fritz,
Oak street.
HARTFORD, CoNN-Organizer, Josepb s Green
ne Maple street
KANSAS CrrY.-Meeting every Friday evening ut
TobenerS Hall, cor. 18th street and Grand
avenue. Secretary, DR.. Loretta Hammond,
1305,Walnut street.
la SAI.LE, Ill Organizer, James Towel, Score.
tary Miners Protective Association.
MINNEAPOLIS, MIsN.-OrganiZer, A. L. Gardner
5000 Goth street. south
NEW YORK. Meeting every first and third Mon
day, at Free Socialist Library and Meeting
Room 1i3 Eighth street
NEW HAVEN, CONN.-Meeting at Trades Council
Hall. Organizer, }. f. Busche, p o. Drawer
l03
PHHADELpHIA, PA.-Organizer j. de Bruyn. 1859
Camiac street.
Flemish Section meets First Sunday mnrnin,
In each month at William Weisser's Hail.
1a6 North 5th st, Secretary, John Wauters
3i0S North 18th It.
PROVIDENCE, II. Meetings every first and
third Sunday, Socialist Hail. cor. Bell and
oswald streets. Organizer, James Jeffer-
son, Be Fillmore street
SrRIN6FIELn, ONO. Organizer, A. Eichelman,
3l3 East Main street
YONKEBs. n. Y.-Organizer. T. II. Williams.
Main street.
The Directory of sixty German. American Sec
lions Will he found in DER Socialist.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-27
THE KIND OF FOLK.

The action of some of the imme-
diatc employees and henchmen of
Henry George 4 Go. that's the
firms name-at the Convention ut
Syracuse ten days ago, was not very
fattcring to the company's choice of
employees. For the sole purpose, APP
parently, of having their statements
printed in the cap tallst newspapers,
these hired dcfamcrs endeavorcd to
cast obloquy upon the Socialists. per-
sonally. One William McCabe, a
printer IN the employ of Henry
George 4 Co., who, at the regular
election of delegates in the Four
tccnth Assembly District, was elected
to stay at home, as he only got one
or two votes out of every twenty cast,
stood up in the convention in SYRIA
cuse (havlng no right there) and &C
cuscd the Socialists of that district
of theft. lie was very properly
branded a liar on the spot.
Another of Georges henchmen, a
certain Autenrieth, declared that
the Socialists III his district were
guilty of stealing thirty cents, ac-
cording to the faithful report in the
capitalist press.
Another, n "Professor" Clark, as
sumed that the Socialists had their
jealous eyes upon his threadbare coat,
and wanted him to divide it with
them.
Through all these cowardlv. lying
slurs, the high-mindcd leaders,
George, Mcl'lyun, made never n
protest, but sat there, smiling APP
proval.
"Wer Pech angrcift besudelt SIGH"
and the Socialists who went to that
convention probably believe they
have suffered the natural result of
associatng with persons who were
known to them rs unclean, polite
ally.
Looking at the events of the past
few weeks in connection with the
firm of Henry George Il Co., we
have reluctantly come to the con-
cluslon that they are suffering from
a disease which the doctors might,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-27

tjty the people by plucking out of
our platform some planks and COM
menting on them at pleasure.
1t is but a logical consequence
that according to the fundamental
rules Of our present production, a
perfect system of cooperation should
be secured, in order to save society
from collapse; and it is furthermore
u logical consequence that the pro-
duets Of labor also, before they can
be distributed among the workers,
will have to become common prop
orty.
Socialists and Socialism are GER
tainIy not responsible for Prof.
CIark's failure to grasp the intent
and meaning Of a plain statement;
nor are they responsible for a SEEM
ing plethora Of sawdust in the brain
cavity Of that gentlcmau's skull.
Suppose there are thousand CT
garmakcrs working in factory car
ricd on co operatIvely, that Is, with
out II proprietary boss. Does the
professor think that the rollers have
u right to claim the cigars they fin
ish as their own? DO they not be-
long to all who have taken part in
making them?
How much better it would have
been if Prof. Clark had studied this
question before he made n public
fool Of himself If he had privately
informed himself he might have be-
come good Socialist, or ut least, he
might have been still an honest
student. Now, unless he is an ex-
ccptionally brave man with more
wisdom than his utterances bctoken,
u false pride and u moral cowardice
will prevent him from acknowledge
ing his fault or pleading ignorance.
Professors and other public men
should take warning by the unfortu-
nate garruIity of Prof. Clark, and
keep their eyes open and their
mouths shut, until they have mas
tered their subject.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-27
INDlVlDUALlSM AND FREE
DOM.
From GronilnTs Ner Brochure, .Sociol-
ism rs. Tac-Rgorm.

George is willing to have himself
called both an individualist and
Socialist, just as he might "call him
self centrifugallst and a centripe-
tahst." | do wonder how these two
terms; indiyidualism and socialism
"correlate" in his mind. | always
have comprehended them as two
terms that mutually eTclHde each
other. An indiyidualist is one who
places his interests above social in
tcrests. and Il Socialist one who acts
rcversely. An individualist pursues
the aim of life in competition with
his fellows by elbowing them aside:
the Socialist pursues l. or wishes to
pursue it in cooperation and empla-
ton with his fellows.
lndiyidualism, George maintains,
is very strong in the American peo-
pie; so strong that Socialism has not
the least chance of being accepted
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-27

The 'Iabor Question:" so called,
is for practical purposes best consid-
cred under three heads
I. Wages including hours, shop-rules
etc. This is Fundamental inasmuch as
it is the question of bread and butter.
shelter and raiment, daily recurrent,
But
9. Man doth not live by bread alone,
Hence the need of education, radical
and comprehensive, honest and inces-
SAINT in social economies. This in turn
leads to
3. The wage and salary slaves enamel
patton by the reorganization of the
prevailing industrial and social status
upon the basis of securing to each and
all the wealth they produce.
For better or worse. these three
great movements must proceed along
parallel or rather convcrging lines,
though necessarily at varying rates
Of progress individually as well rs
relatively. But to facilitate and ey-
pedltc this progress, and to avoid all
needless friction among men Of SINH
lar purpose and a senscless dissipa-
ton of forces that should be com
pactly and tremendously handled to
achieve success, let us agree to Il
division of labor, fratcrnal clcav-
age into three distinct bodies; each
with its own distinct mission; and
all in hearty harmony.
/. Let the wage question he the special
concern of the crafts, as such, under
the general compact which is known
as the American Federation of Labor.
,. Let the matter of real industrial edu-
cation become the special charge of the
Knights of Labor returned to their first
principles. And
3, Let Organized Labor embark perma-
nently upon the sea Of independent po-
ltical action whereon it has already
achieved such glorious victories. Nil
wdHkec Rerietr.